Necktie-fastener



(No Model.)

Al Jl NEGKTIB FASTENER.

No. 849,882. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

FTE- 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED J. ASH, OF BOSTON, lllASSA/HUSETTS.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,832, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed February 27, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. Asl-I, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Necktie-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates to necktie-fasteners which are attached to the backs or shields of neekties and searfs for the purpose of securing the same to the collar-button; and it is especially advantageous when a turned-down collar is worn.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similarlettcrs ot' reference indicate like'parts, Figure l is a rear perspective view of a necktie or scart' with my improved fastener attached. Fig. 2 is a top view ot' the same in position upon a cellar-button. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the device in position upon a collar-button.

My device consists ol' a single piece ol' wire bent into the shape shown, so as to spring over the head of the collar-button and conline the necktie in its proper position. The ends of the wire are situated inside the necktie or scarf, between the shield a and the body of the scart' b. These ends may or may not be soldered or otherwise secured together, as desired. From its ends the two portions A of the wire extend up substantially parallel, as shown in Fig. 3, then are bent at right angles, and substantially parallel at B, and pass rearward through a suitable opening, c, in the shield. The two portions of the wire are then bentdown, and substantially parallel with each other for a short distance at O, then apart at D at an angle of, say, twenty or thirty degrees, then slightly toward each other at E, then decidedly apart at F, rearward at G, and together at Il, and at l form in the center ot' the wire a loop which is coiled around an eyelet, d, placed in the shield, or in any suitable manner securely attached to said shield.

It will readily be perceived that the two portions of the wire between its ends and the loop I l'orm springs, so that when the fastener is drawn down upon a collar-button the neel; of said button forces the two portions apart' Serial No.193,1153. (No model.)

as thel shoulders J pass the neck, so that when the button has arrived at its proper position in the fastening-viz., in the space l( between the portions D l l of the wire-it is prevented by the spring thereof from getting out of position.

There has always beendilliculty in the use of wire l'astenings on neckties in connection with turned-down collars, for the reason. that in putting on the neektie or scarf it has irst to be tucked under one fold ofthe collar and then under the other, and in the operation tipped sidewise considerably from a vertical position. and is while tipping sidewise very apt to slip ol't` the collar-button, by reason ol' the bending or spreading ol' the wire fastener, which has usually been somewhat in the shape of an inverted V. In this device the collarbutton is so well eonlined in the fastcning,and

the fastening itself, being connected at the bottom, is so strong that both slipping out and spreading are prevented and the dil'liculty above alluded to is obviated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The hereinbefore-dcseribed wire necktiefastener,consisting, essentially, ol` the end vertical parallel portions, A, horizontal parallel portions B, vertical parallel portions C, outwardly-bent portions D, inwardly-bent portions ll, outwardly-bent portions F, rearwardly-bent portions G, horizontal portions ll, and means whereby the lower portion ofthe fastener is secured to the shield, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The hereinbel'ore-described wire neektiefastener, consisting ofthe end vertical parallel portions, A, horizontal parallel portions I3, vertical parallel portions O, outwardly-bent portions D, inwardlybent portions E, outwardly-bent portions F, rearwardly-bent portions G', horizontal portions H, and loop l', all substantially as and for the purpose described,

ALFRED J. ASH.

Vitnesses:

I-IENRY W. WILLIAMs, J. M. HARTNETT. 

